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Organizational differences may be motivated by historical reasons. Other criteria include security, including how quickly security upgrades are available; ease of package management; and number of packages available. These tables compare notable distribution's latest stable release on wide-ranging objective criteria.
Software: The name of the application that is described. Web Interface: Describes whether the software application contains a web interface. A web interface could allow the software to post diagnostics data to a website, or could even allow remote control of the software application. GUIs: A GUI is a graphical user interface. If a software ...
The article "Usage share of operating systems" provides a broader, and more general, comparison of operating systems that includes servers, mainframes and supercomputers. Because of the large number and variety of available Linux distributions, they are all grouped under a single entry; see comparison of Linux distributions for a detailed ...
These tables compare free software / open-source operating systems. Where not all of the versions support a feature, the first version which supports it is listed. Where not all of the versions support a feature, the first version which supports it is listed.
Not all tools have the same goal and the same feature set. To help distinguish between all of these software packages, here is a short description of each one. Ansible Combines multi-node deployment, ad-hoc task execution, and configuration management in one package.
An SSH server is a software program which uses the Secure Shell protocol to accept connections from remote computers. SFTP / SCP file transfers and remote terminal connections are popular use cases for an SSH server.
The VM software simulates a separate computer onto which the Linux system is installed. After installation, the virtual machine can be booted as if it were an independent computer. Various tools are also available to perform full dual-boot installations from existing platforms without a CD, most notably:
Ubuntu has a server edition [131] [132] that uses the same APT repositories as the Ubuntu Desktop Edition. The differences between them are the absence of an X Window environment in a default installation of the server edition (although one can easily be installed, including GNOME, KDE, Unity or Xfce), and some alterations to the installation ...